Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, also known as the KCAs or Kids' Choice, is an American annual awards ceremony show produced by Nickelodeon. Usually held on a Saturday night in March or early April, the show honors the year's biggest in television, film, music, and sports as voted by viewers worldwide of Nickelodeon networks. Winners receive a hollow orange blimp figurine, a logo outline for much of the network's 1984–2009 era, which also functions as a kaleidoscope.

The show features numerous celebrity guests and musical acts, including live acts. It has also been known to cover people with the network's trademark green slime: since 2002, slime stunts have been incorporated into the show. The animated series SpongeBob SquarePants has won the most KCA awards, with twenty-two overall through the series' run. Individually, Selena Gomez won the most trophies (with 13), followed by Adam Sandler (with 12), Will Smith, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande (each with 11), and Justin Bieber (with 9). Whoopi Goldberg and Steven Spielberg are the only people to have won a Kids' Choice Award alongside the prevailing "EGOT" combination of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. Rosie O'Donnell has hosted the show eight times, followed by Jack Black (three times), as well as Candace Cameron, Whitney Houston, and John Cena (twice each).

History

Alan Goodman, Albie Hecht, and Fred Seibert created the awards show after Nickelodeon produced a segment called The Big Ballot for the movie review show Rated K: For Kids by Kids in 1987, named for the ballots kids voted with. To vote, the viewers would send in ballots and then before the show, the ballots would be counted and the winners would tape a "thank you" video that would be shown during the program. Goodman, Hecht, and Seibert felt that the network needed a bigger, more exciting platform.

Hecht selected the awards logo from a series of network designs created by original logo designers Tom Corey and Scott Nash (Corey McPherson Nash, Boston), overseen by Goodman and Seibert (Fred/Alan, Inc., New York). The award was configured into the current blimp shape/kaleidoscope in 1990. The only change to the award since then has been a change to the embossed logotype on the side of the trophy for 2010 to fit the network's new logo typeface.

As the Internet came into widespread use, the voting finally moved from a combination of 900 number telephone voting and filling paper ballots that were either mailed or completed at Pizza Hut locations, to being conducted exclusively on the network's website, and included text messaging by 2007. During the early years of Internet voting, there were several issues, including the digital equivalent of ballot stuffing and adult voting. As a result, a new system was put into place where one vote per Nick.com account is allowed (although it is probable adults still cast votes via the texting option, which is connected to a phone number only instead of a screen name, by creating an account with a false age, or by having their children vote for a chosen subject instead). In 2010, an iPhone application and mobile browser voting were also added.

The 2009 Kids' Choice Awards featured a new award called "The Big Green Help Award" which goes to the celebrity who goes above and beyond to help the Earth. The inaugural award was presented to Leonardo DiCaprio. For the 2010 awards, "The Big Green Help" award was renamed "The Big Help" award, with First Lady Michelle Obama winning the first award under the rename.

Unlike traditional awards shows, the Kids' Choice Awards uses other items to announce an award winner instead of a traditional envelope. The show sometimes uses balloons, T-shirts, models, giant letters, stickers, and even a foot.

Voting became available for Canadian people in time for the 2010 ceremony, owing to the inauguration of Nickelodeon's Canadian service in November 2009.

The 2020 ceremony was held in a virtual format in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2024 ceremony was the first to not air in March or April since 2020; it was hosted on July 13 and was the first ceremony hosted by animated characters, SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, to honor the 25th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants.

The 2026 ceremony, to be held on November 14 (the first time since 1992 that a ceremony was held late into the year), will simulcast on CBS for the first time.

International history

In June 2010, Nickelodeon Latin America announced a Kids' Choice Awards for Mexico. Other countries with their own Kids' Choice Awards include Brazil, United Kingdom, Australia, and Indonesia, which are either fully original local productions, or inserted as continuity during their broadcast of the U.S. ceremony. The Australian Kids' Choice Awards had its final local ceremony in 2012.

In August 2011, Nickelodeon Latin America announced a Kids' Choice Awards event for Argentina.

In June 2014, Nickelodeon Latin America announced a Kids' Choice Awards event for Colombia.

Awards

This table shows the awards that were presented over the years. An asterisk next to a category indicates an award has been presented in that particular category every year since the inception of the Kids' Choice Awards in 1988.

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Movie*

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite TV Show

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Male TV Star

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Male Athlete

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Video Game

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Sports Team

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Hall of Fame Award

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Wannabe Award

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Big Help/Big Green Help Award

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Animal Star

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Cutest Couple

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Book

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Reality Show

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite TV Sidekick

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Animated Animal Sidekick

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Cartoon

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Buttkicker

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Male Artist

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Song*

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite App

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Funny Star

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Family TV Show

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Most Addicting Game

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Villain

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Talent Competition Show

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite New Artist

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Cooking Show

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Collaboration

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Global Music Star

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Social Music Star

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! nowrap="nowrap" |BFFs (Best Friends Forever)

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Favorite Frenemies

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! nowrap="nowrap" |Most Wanted Pet

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Ceremonies

{|class="wikitable"

|+ Kids' Choice Awards ceremonies

! scope=col |

! scope=col | Date

! scope=col | Venue

! scope=col | City

! scope=col | Host(s)

! scope=col | Ref.

| 1st

| March 28April 18, 1987

| Rated K: For Kids by Kids studio

| New York City, New York

| 2nd

| April 18, 1988

| rowspan=3| Universal Studios Hollywood

| rowspan=3| Universal City, California

| 3rd

| June 25, 1989

| 4th

| April 23, 1990

| 5th

| April 22, 1991

| TV special

| Los Angeles, California

| Corin Nemec

| 6th

| November 14, 1992

| Universal Studios Hollywood

| Universal City, California

| rowspan=2| 7th

| rowspan=2| May 7, 1994

| Pantages Theatre

| Los Angeles, California

| rowspan="2"|

| Universal Studios Florida

| Orlando, Florida

| Marc Weiner

| 8th

| May 20, 1995

| Barker Hangar

| Santa Monica, California

| rowspan="2"| Whitney Houston

| rowspan=2| 9th

| rowspan=2| May 11, 1996

| Universal Studios Hollywood

| Universal City, California

| rowspan="2"|

| New York Harbor cruise

| New York City, New York

| rowspan="4"| Rosie O'Donnell

| 10th

| April 19, 1997

| Grand Olympic Auditorium

| rowspan="4"|Los Angeles, California

| 11th

| April 4, 1998

| rowspan="2"| Pauley Pavilion

| 12th

| May 1, 1999

| 13th

| April 15, 2000

| Hollywood Bowl

| 14th

| April 21, 2001

| rowspan="3"| Barker Hangar

| rowspan="3"| Santa Monica, California

| rowspan="3"| Rosie O'Donnell

| 15th

| April 20, 2002

| 16th

| April 12, 2003

| 17th

| April 3, 2004

| rowspan="7"| Pauley Pavilion

| rowspan="11"| Los Angeles, California

| 18th

| April 2, 2005

| Ben Stiller

| 19th

| April 1, 2006

| Jack Black

| 20th

| March 31, 2007

| Justin Timberlake

| 21st

| March 29, 2008

| Jack Black

| 22nd

| March 28, 2009

| Dwayne Johnson

| 23rd

| March 27, 2010

| Kevin James

| 24th

| April 2, 2011

| rowspan="4"| Galen Center

| Jack Black

| 25th

| March 31, 2012

| Will Smith

| 26th

| March 23, 2013

| Josh Duhamel

| 27th

| March 29, 2014

| Mark Wahlberg

| 28th

| March 28, 2015

| rowspan="2"| The Forum

| rowspan="2"| Inglewood, California

| Nick Jonas

| 29th

| March 12, 2016

| Blake Shelton

| 30th

| March 11, 2017

| Galen Center

| Los Angeles, California

| rowspan="2"| John Cena

| 31st

| March 24, 2018

| The Forum

| Inglewood, California

| 32nd

| March 23, 2019

| Galen Center

| Los Angeles, California

| DJ Khaled

| 33rd

| May 2, 2020

| colspan="2"| Virtual show

| Victoria Justice

| 34th

| March 13, 2021

| rowspan="2"| Barker Hangar

| rowspan="2"| Santa Monica, California

| Kenan Thompson

| 35th

| April 9, 2022

| 36th

| March 4, 2023

| Microsoft Theater

| Los Angeles, California

| style="text-align:center;"|

| 37th

| July 13, 2024

| rowspan="2"| Barker Hangar

| rowspan="2"| Santa Monica, California

| style="text-align:center;"|

| 38th

| June 21, 2025

| Tyla

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| 39th

| November 14, 2026

| Los Angeles, California

| style="text-align:center;"| it was expected to be a temporary home, but the network retained Galen for the 2012–2014 ceremonies due to the construction of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center, making it difficult to have the "Orange Carpet"; the smaller Kids' Choice Sports had its first ceremony in 2014 at Pauley. For the 2015 and 2016 shows, the ceremony occurred at the remodeled Forum in Inglewood, California. Between the 2017 and 2019 shows, the venue alternated between the Galen Center and The Forum. The 2023 ceremony was held at the Microsoft Theater.

|1992

|Arnold Schwarzenegger

|1994

|Michael Jordan

|1995

|Boyz II Men

|1996

|Tim Allen

|1997

|Will Smith

|1998

|Tia & Tamera Mowry

|1999

|Jonathan Taylor Thomas

|2000

|Rosie O'Donnell

The Wannabe Award

The Wannabe Award was a silver version of the blimp award from 2001 to 2008, and was presented to the best celebrity role model or inspiration (or the person whom the kids want to be like). The winner was determined prior to the awards without voter input. The only person to have won the Wannabe award and the Hall of Fame award is Will Smith.

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Winner

|2001

|Tom Cruise

|2002

|Janet Jackson

|2003

|Will Smith

|2004

|Adam Sandler

|2005

|Queen Latifah

|2006

|Chris Rock

|2007

|Ben Stiller

|2008

|Cameron Diaz

The Big Help Award

The Big Green Help Award (later titled as The Big Help Award) was an award presented to a person who goes above and beyond to help the environment. It is based on Nickelodeon's The Big Help initiative. The award was originally green when first awarded in 2009, but later changed to silver along with a name change of the award the following years.

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Winner

|2009

|Leonardo DiCaprio

|2010

|Michelle Obama

|2011

|Justin Timberlake

|2012

|Taylor Swift

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Nickelodeon Lifetime Achievement Award is a golden version of the blimp award. In 2023, a normal orange-colored blimp award was used.

In 2014, the award was given to television producer Dan Schneider, who created multiple shows at Nickelodeon. During the presentation of his award, Schneider was joined onstage by cast members of his shows including Kenan & Kel, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorious, and Sam & Cat. In 2023, the award was given to Transformers character Optimus Prime. In his acceptance speech, Prime proclaimed for the award to, "...seal the bond between humans, Maximals, and Autobots, as we fight together to protect the planet."

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Winner

|2014

|Dan Schneider

|2023

|Optimus Prime

Legend Award

The award was originally introduced in the Kids' Choice Sports ceremony, but has since carried over to the main ceremony.

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Winner

|2014

|David Beckham

|2015

|Derek Jeter

|2016

|Kobe Bryant

|2017

|Michael Phelps

|2018

|Danica Patrick

|2019

|Dwyane Wade

|2024

|Serena Williams

Generation Change Award

The Generation Change Award is presented to those who have worked to bring positive changes for the new generation of kids. The award was originally introduced in the 2019 Kids' Choice Sports ceremony, but has since carried over to the main ceremony.

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Winner

|2019

|Megan Rapinoe

|2020

|LeBron James

|2021

|Kamala Harris

King of Comedy Award

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Winner

|2023

|Adam Sandler

|2025

|Jack Black

ICON Award

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Winner

|2025

|Rihanna

Kids' Choice Sports

From 2014 to 2019, Nickelodeon presented Kids' Choice Sports, honoring kids' favorite athletes, teams, and sports moments from the year. Michael Strahan produced and hosted the inaugural ceremony.

Ceremonies

{| class="wikitable"

! Year

! Host(s)

! Location

| 2014

| Michael Strahan

| rowspan="4" | Pauley Pavilion

| 2015

| rowspan="3" | Russell Wilson

| 2016

| 2017

| 2018

| Chris Paul

| rowspan="2" | Barker Hangar

| 2019

| Michael Strahan

Slimed celebrities

thumb|250px|The final slime at the [[2010 Kids' Choice Awards]]

During a ceremony, sometimes a celebrity presenter or award winner might not know when they are going to be slimed onstage or offstage, though as the years went on, getting slimed became more of an honor, and less of a comedic humiliation akin to the early Nickelodeon series You Can't Do That on Television, from whence the concept originated.

Hosts of the show have also been slimed, and occasionally celebrities not attending the awards have been slimed via video segment, such as when Rosie O'Donnell tricked Melissa Joan Hart into getting slimed on the set of Sabrina the Teenage Witch in 2001, or when Amanda Seyfried and Josh Hutcherson were slimed at a KCA watch party in 2013. Celebrities sitting in the audience are also fair game for being slimed, as Mandy Moore first learned in 2007, and Halle Berry later found out in 2012.

Below is a list of all the celebrities that have been slimed over the past years at the Kids' Choice Awards.

{|class="wikitable"

! Year

! Slimed Celebrity(ies)

|1988

|Les Lye

|1989

|Bill Kirchenbauer

|1990

|Wil Wheaton

|1991

|Corin Nemec<br />Bart Simpson <small>(animated segment)</small>

|1992

|Jonathan Taylor Thomas<br />Zachery Ty Bryan

|1995

|Mark Curry

|1996

|Queen Latifah

|1997

|Rosie O'Donnell

|1998

|Sean "Diddy" Combs

| Ramer's monster truck, rebodied and relivered for the event, jumps over a 50-foot Nickelodeon blimp award into a pool of slime. It was hosted by Paul "The Big Show" Wight who said that it was the most dangerous Kids' Choice slime stunt ever.

| align="center"| 2012

| Big Show and The Miz

| A slime themed wrestling match between Big Show and The Miz. When either The Big Show or The Miz hits the special cannons on each corner of the ring, slime shoots out and covers the audience. The Big Show defeated The Miz when he threw him over the ring and into a pool of slime. Afterwards, The Big Show was slimed for his ultimate reward.

| align="center"| 2014

| Dave England & Jukka Hildén

| Kids got to pick between three slime stunts and the one with the highest number of votes would win. It was between an Ultimate Slime Rodeo, a High Speed Bathtub Race, or a Slippery Obstacle Course. The Ultimate Slime Rodeo won as both Dave and Jukka rode on electronic riding horses that had slime hoses in their mouths and whoever held on the longest would win. Dave eventually held on the longest and won.

| align="center"| 2015

| Cast of The Thundermans

| An online vote was held during the show, in which kids chose between The Thundermans, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, and Bella and the Bulldogs. The cast of the show with the most votes would go through a car wash with slime being fired at every direction.

| align="center"| 2016

| Bethany Mota & Cameron Dallas

| As part of the ceremony's website/app voting system set up for the show, kids voted for the best internet personality. They had to choose between YouTuber Bethany Mota and YouTuber, Viner, TikToker, and actor Cameron Dallas. Both of them went on to partake in the Slime Soakers stunt but only one of them was to get slimed, which the kids had to vote for on Nick.com and in the Nick app. Towards the end of the show, the winner, Cameron Dallas, was revealed and proceeded to get slimed.

| align="center"| 2020

| Astronauts

|ESA Astronaut Col. Luca Parmitano and NASA Astronaut Christina Koch opened and played with the first ever slime in space inside the International Space Station.

History

International history

Awards

Ceremonies

The Wannabe Award

The Big Help Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

Legend Award

Generation Change Award

King of Comedy Award

ICON Award

Kids' Choice Sports

Ceremonies

Slimed celebrities

References